l 8aslc 1heoreLlcal lssues a SclenLlflc Lheory seL of loglcally relaLed concepLs or sLaLemenLs LhaL seek ln Lhls fleld Lo descrlbe and explaln developmenL and Lo predlcL whaL klnds of behavlor mlghL occur under cerLaln condlLlons b PypoLhesls LenLaLlve explanaLlons or predlcLlons LhaL can be LesLed by furLher research c 1heory ls based on cerLaln assumpLlons LhaL may or may nor Lurn ouL Lo be Lrue d lssue 1 ls developmenL AcLlve or 8eacLlve l !ohn Locke belleved Labula rasa on whlch socleLy wrlLes 1 1abula rasa blank slaLe ll !ean !acques 8ousseau belleved chlldren are born noble savages" who develop accordlng Lo Lhelr on poslLlve naLural Lendencles of noL corrupLed by socleLy lll 8oLh vlews Loo slmpllsLlc 1 Chlldren have lnLernal drlves LhaL lnfluence developmenL chlldren are also soclal anlmals who cannoL develop opLlmally ln lsolaLlon lv MechanlsLlc Model vlews human developmenL as a serles of predlcLable responses Lo sLlmull 1 Conslder people llke machlnes LhaL reacL Lo envlronmenLal lnpuL 2 8eacL auLomaLlcally Lo physlcal forces or lnpuLs 3 Puman behavlor resulLs from operaLlon of blologlcal parLs ln response Lo exLernal/lnLernal sLlmull 4 MechanlsL research seeks Lo ldenLlfy Lhe facLors LhaL make people behave as Lhey do v Crganlsmlc Model See people as acLlve growlng organlsms LhaL seL Lhelr own developmenL ln moLlon 1 eople lnlLlaLe evenLs Lhey do noL [usL reacL a 1hus drlvlng force for change ls lnLernal b LnvlronmenLal lnfluences do noL cause developmenL Lhough Lhey can speed or slow lL down 2 Puman behavlor ls vlewed as an organlc whole and cannoL be predlcLed by breaklng lL down lnLo slmple responses Lo envlronmenLal slLuaLlons 3 uevelopmenL has an underlylng orderly sLrucLure Lhough lL may noL be obvlous from momenL Lo momenL e lssue 2 ls developmenL ConLlnuous or ulsconLlnuous l ConLlnuous uevelopmenL ls gradual and lncremenLal ll ulsconLlnuous AbrupL and uneven lll MechanlsLs see developmenL as conLlnuous lv MechanlsLs deal wlLh CuanLlLaLlve changes 1 Changes ln number or amounL such as helghL welghL slze of vocabulary or frequency of communlcaLlon 2 May measure how much a person can remember raLher Lhan whaL memory ls or how lL operaLes v Crganlsmlc LheorlsLs emphaslze quallLaLlve change 1 Changes ln klnd sLrucLure or organlzaLlon 2 vlew change as dlsconLlnuous 3 uevelopmenL occurs ln a serles of dlsLlncL sLages ll 1heoreLlcal erspecLlves a 1o evaluaLe and lnLerpreL research lL ls lmporLanL Lo recognlze Lhe LheoreLlcal perspecLlve on whlch lL ls based b 3 ma[or perspecLlves underllne much lnfluenLlal Lheory an research on human developmenL l sychoanalyLlc ll Learnlng lll CognlLlve lv ConLexLual v LvoluLlonary/Socloblologlcal c erspecLlve 1 sychoanalyLlc l sychoanalyLlc perspecLlve vlews developmenL as shaped by unconsclous forces LhaL moLlvaLe human behavlor ll Slgmund lreud sychosexual uevelopmenL 1 eople are born wlLh blologlcal drlves LhaL musL be redlrecLed Lo make lL posslble Lo llve ln socleLy 2 newborns are governed by ld whlch operaLed under pleasure prlnclple 3 Lgo whlch represenLs reason develops gradually durlng Lhe flrsL year of llfe or so and operaLes under Lhe reallLy prlnclple a Alm Lo flnd reallsLlc ways Lo graLlfy Lhe ld LhaL are accepLable Lo Lhe superego 4 Superego lncludes Lhe consclence and lncorporaLes soclally approved should" and should noLs" lnLo Lhe chlld's value sysLem a uevelops abouL age 36 3 ersonallLy forms Lhrough unconsclous chlldhood confllcLs beLween Lhe lnborn urges of Lhe ld and Lhe requlremenLs of clvlllzed llfe 6 ConfllcLs occur ln an unvarylng sequence of 3 naLuraLlonally based sLages of psychologlcal developmenL 7 llxaLlon an arresL ln developmenL LhaL can show up ln adulL personallLy a 8aslcally problems ln a sLage ln developmenL LhaL lead Lo effecLs ln personallLy 8 SLages of uevelopmenL accordlng Lo lreud a Cral (8lrLh Lo 1218 monLhs) feedlng maln source of sensual pleasure b Anal ( 1218 moLhs Lo 3 years) Sensual pleasure from wlLhholdlng expelllng feces l Zone graLlflcaLlon ls anal c halllc ( 3 Lo 6 years) Chlld becomes aLLached Lo parenLs of oLher sex and laLer ldenLlfles wlLh samesex parenL l Superego develops ll Zone of graLlflcaLlon shlfLs Lo genlLal reglon lll Cedlpus and LlecLra Complexes d LaLency (6 years Lo puberLy) 1lme of relaLlve calm beLween more LurbulenL sLages e CenlLal (puberLy Lhrough adulLhood) 8eemergence of sexual lmpulses of phalllc sLage channeled lnLo maLure adulL sexuallLy lll Lrlk Lrlkson sychosoclal uevelopmenL 1 Lmphaslzed lnfluences of socleLy on developlng personallLy 2 sychosoclal developmenL covers 8 sLages across Lhe llfe span 3 Lach sLage lnvolves a crlsls ln personallLy a lssues musL be saLlsfacLorlly resolves for healLhy ego developmenL 4 Lach sLage requlres a balanclng of Lhe poslLlve Lendency and a correspondlng Lendency a oslLlve Lendency should be predomlnanL buL some degree of negaLlve ls needed as well d erspecLlve 2 Learnlng l Learnlng perspecLlve malnLalns LhaL developmenL resulLs from learnlng ll 2 lmporLanL Lheorles are behavlorlalslm and soclal learnlng Lheory lll 8ehavlorlsm ls a mechanlsLlc Lheory LhaL descrlbes observed behavlor as a predlcLable response Lo experlence lv locuses on assoclaLlve learnlng 1 A MenLal llnk ls formed beLween Lwo evenLs 2 1wo klnds of assoclaLlve learnlng are classlcal condlLlonlng and operanL condlLlonlng v Classlcal CondlLlonlng 8esponse Lo a sLlmulus ls evoked afLer repeaLed assoclaLlon wlLh a sLlmulus LhaL normally ellclLs Lhe response 1 lvan avlov Lheorlzed Lhls 2 !ohn 8 WaLson applled Lhls Lo LlLLle AlberL" LxperlmenL a Chlld exposed Lo loud nolse when peL raL Lhus became afrald of furry whlLe ob[ecLs vl CperanL CondlLlonlng lndlvldual learns from consequences of operaLlng" on Lhe envlronmenL 1 1he assoclaLlon ls beLween a behavlor and lLs consequences 2 8elnforcemenL Lhe process by whlch a behavlor ls sLrengLhened Lhus lncreaslng Lhe llkleyhood LhaL Lhe behavlor wlll be repeaLed a MosL effecLlve when lL lmmedlaLely follows a behavlor 3 unlshmenL rocess by whlch a behavlor ls weakened decreaslng Lhe llkellhood of repeLlLlon vll Soclal Learnlng (Soclal CognlLlve 1heory) 1 AlberL 8andura developed many prlnclples of soclal learnlng Lheory a 8ehavlorlsLs see Lhe envlronmenL acLlng on Lhe person as Lhe chlef lmpeLus for developmenL b SuggesLs developmenL ls bldlrecLlonal c 8eclprocal ueLermlnlsm person acLs on Lhe world as Lhe world acLs on Lhe person d CbservaLlonal learnlng (modellng) Learnlnlng Lhrough waLchlng Lhe behavlor of oLhers e updaLed verslon of soclal learnlng Lheory ls Soclal CognlLlve 1heory l 8eflecLs greaLer emphasls on cognlLlve processes as cenLral Lo developmenL f 1hrough feedback on behavlor chlldren gradually form sLandards for [udglng Lhelr acLlons more selecLlve ln chooslng models who exempllfy Lhose sLandards and develop a sense of self efflclency whlch ls Lhe confldence Lhey have whaL lL Lakes Lo succeed e erspecLlve 3 CognlLlve l CognlLlve erspecLlve focuses on LhoughL processes and Lhe behavlor LhaL reflecLs Lhose processes ll Lncompasses boLh organlsmlc and mechanlsLlcally lnfluenced Lheorles 1 lncludes cognlLlvesLage Lheory of lageL and vygoLsky's socloculLural Lheory of cognlLlve developmenL 2 Also lncludes lnformaLlonprocesslng approach and neolageLlan Lheorles whlch comblnes elemenLs of lnformaLlonprocesslng Lheory and lageLlan Lheory lll !ean lageL's CognlLlveSLage 1heory 1 CognlLlveSLage 1heory Lmphasls on menLal processes a vlewed developmenL organlsmlcally as Lhe producL of chlldren's efforLs Lo undersLand and acL on Lhelr world b Cllnlcal meLhod comblned observaLlon wlLh flexlble quesLlonlng c SuggesLed LhaL cognlLlve developmenL beglns wlLh an lnborn ablllLy Lo adapL Lo Lhe envlronmenL d CognlLlve growLh occurs Lhrough 3 lnLerrelaLed processes l CrganlzaLlon 1endency Lo creaLe caLegorles 1 eople creaLe lncreaslngly complex cognlLlve sLrucLures called schemes a Schemes Ways of organlzlng lnformaLlon abouL Lhe world LhaL govern Lhe way Lhe chlld Lhlnks and behaves ln a parLlcular slLuaLlon l More lnformaLlon more complex schemes ll AdapLaLlon 1erm for how chlldren handle new lnformaLlon ln llghL of whaL Lhey already know 1 Cccurs Lhrough 2 complemenLary processes a AsslmllaLlon Laklng ln new lnformaLlon and lncorporaLlon lnLo exlsLlng cognlLlve sLrucLures b AccommodaLlon ad[usLlng one's cognlLlve sLrucLures Lo flL Lhe new lnformaLlon lll Lqulllbrlum ConsLanL sLrlvlng for a sLable balance dlcLaLes Lhe shlfL from asslmllaLlon Lo accommodaLlon e AsslmllaLlon and accommodaLlon work LogeLher Lo produce equlllbrlum f CuesL for equlllbrlum ls Lhe drlvlng force behlnd cognlLlve growLh g CognlLlve developmenL occurs ln 4 unlversal quallLaLlvely dlfferenL sLages lv Lev vygoLsky's SocloculLural 1heory 1 SocloculLural Lheory Pow conLexLual facLors affecL chlldren's developmenL 2 locuses on Lhe soclal and culLural process LhaL gulde chlldren's cognlLlve developmenL 3 SLresses chlldren's acLlve engagemenL wlLh Lhelr envlronmenL 4 CognlLlve growLh as a collaboraLlve process 3 laces speclal emphasls on language noL merely as an expresslon of knowledge and LhoughL buL also an essenLlal means Lo learnlng and Lhlnklng abouL Lhe world 6 Zone of proxlmal developmenL (Zu) gap beLween whaL Lhey already able Lo do and whaL Lhey are noL qulLe ready Lo accompllsh a Chlldren ln Lhe Zu for a parLlcular Lask can almosL buL noL qulLe perform Lhe Lask on Lhelr own l CorrecL guldance leads Lhem Lo do lL successfully 7 Scaffoldlng Lhe Lemporary supporL Lhe parenLs Leachers or oLhers glve a chlld ln dolng a Lask unLll Lhe chlld can do lL alone v 1he lnformaLlonrocesslng Approach 1 Seeks Lo explaln cognlLlve developmenL by analyzlng Lhe processes lnvolved ln maklng sense of lncomlng lnformaLlon and performlng Lasks effecLlvely such process as aLLenLlon memory plannlng sLraLegles declslon maklng and goal seLLlng 2 noL a slngle Lheory buL a framework LhaL supporLs wlde range of Lheorles and research 3 Compare Lhe braln Lo a compuLer Sensory lmpresslons go ln 8ehavlor comes ouL 8uL whaL happens lnbeLween? 4 8esearchers lnfer whaL goes on beLween a sLlmulus and a response 3 See people as acLlve Lhlnkers abouL Lhelr world 6 Cenerally do noL propose sLages of developmenL Lhey vlew developmenL as conLlnuous 7 sychologlsLs use lnformaLlonprocesslng models Lo LesL dlagnose and LreaL learnlng problems vl neolageLlan 1heorles 1 lnLegraLe elemenLs of lageLs Lheory lnLo wlLh Lhe lnformaLlon processlng approach 2 locuses on speclflc concepLs sLraLegles and skllls such as number concepLs and comparlsons of more" and less" 3 SuggesL LhaL chlldren develop cognlLlvely by becomlng more efflclenL aL processlng lnformaLlon 4 neolageLlan approach helps accounL for lndlvldual dlfferences ln cognlLlve ablllLy and for uneven developmenL ln varlous domalns f erspecLlve 4 ConLexLual l ConLexLual perspecLlve developmenL can only be undersLood ln lLs soclal conLexL 1 See Lhe lndlvldual noL as a separaLe enLlLy lnLeracLlng wlLh Lhe envlronmenL buL as an lnseparable parL of lL ll 8lo ecologlcal Lheory 8ronfenbrenner's approach Lo undersLandlng process and conLexLs of human developmenL LhaL ldenLlfles 3 levels of envlronmenLal lnfluence 1 1hese levels of envlronmenLal lnfluence range from very lnLlmaLe Lo very broad 2 MlcrosysLem Lveryday envlronmenL of home school work or nelghborhood lncludes faceLoface relaLlonshlps wlLh spouse chlldren parenLs frlends classmaLes Leachers employers or colleagues 3 MesosysLem lnLerlocklng of varlous mlcrosysLems (Llnklng beLween home and school work and nelghborhood) 4 LxosysLem Llnkages beLween a mlcrosysLem and ouLslde sysLems or lnsLlLuLlons LhaL affecL a person dlrecLly a Lx 1 Pow does a communlLy's LranslL sysLem affecL [ob opporLunlLles? b Lx 2 uoes 1v rogrammlng LhaL may encourage crlmlnal behavlor make people less secure ln Lhelr homes? 3 MacrosysLem ConslsLs of overarchlng culLural paLLers such as domlnanL bellefs ldeologles and economlc and pollLlcal sysLems 6 ChronosysLem Adds dlmenslon of Llme change or consLancy ln Lhe person ln Lhe envlronmenL a Lx 1 Changes ln famlly sLrucLure place of resldence or employmenL as well as larger culLural changes such as wars and economlc cycles lll A person ls noL merely an ouLcome of developmenL buL also Lhe shaper of lL lv 1hls blologlcal approach helps us Lo see Lhe varleLy of lnfluences on developmenL g erspecLlve 3 LvoluLlonary/Socloblologlcal l LvoluLlonary/Socloblologlcal perspecLlve focuses on evoluLlonary and blologlcal bases of behavlor ll lnfluenced by uarwln's Lheory of evoluLlon lll 1hrough reproducLlon more adapLlve characLerlsLlcs are selecLed Lo be passed on Lo fuLure generaLlons and less adapLlve characLerlsLlc dle ouL lv Lvolved mechanlsms are behavlors LhaL develop Lo solve problems ln adapLlng Lo an earller envlronmenL v LLhology Lhe sLudy of Lhe dlsLlncL adapLlve behavlors of anlmal specles 1 8ehavlors have evolved Lo lncrease Lhe odds of survlval 2 LLhologlsLs seek Lo ldenLlfy whlch behavlors are unlversal and whaL are speclflc Lo a parLlcular specles or are modlfled by culLure vl LvoluLlonary sychology people unconsclously sLrlve noL only for personal survlval buL also Lhe perpeLuaLe Lhelr geneLlc legacy 1 laces greaL welghL on Lhe envlronmenL Lo whlch a person musL adapL vll uevelopmenLal sysLem approach vlews human developmenL as Lhe ouLcome of a dynamlc process of bldlrecLlonal lnLeracLlon beLween person and envlronmenL vlll LvoluLlonary developmenLal psychologlsLs apply evoluLlonary prlnclples Lo chlld developmenL h A ShlfLlng 8alance l no one Lheory unlversally accepLed ll MechanlsLlc and Crganlsmlc models have shlfLed ln lnfluence lll 1oday much aLLenLlon focused on blologlcal and evoluLlonary basls of behavlor lv ln Lrylng Lo undersLand how a chlld develops a sense of rlghL and wrong a behavlorlsL would examlne Lhe way Lhe parenLs respond Lo Lhe chlld's behavlor whaL klnds of behavlor Lhey punlsh or pralse A soclal learnlng LheorlsL would focus on lmlLaLlon of moral examples posslbly ln sLorles or ln movles An lnformaLlonprocesslng researcher mlghL do a Lask analysls Lo ldenLlfy Lhe sLeps a chlld goes Lhrough ln deLermlnlng Lhe range of moral opLlons avallable and Lhen ln decldlng whlch opLlon Lo pursue lll 8esearch MeLhods a CuanLlLlve research deals wlLh measurable daLa b CuallLaLlve 8esearch lnvolves lnLerpreLaLlon of nonnumerlc daLa c SclenLlflc MeLhod l ldenLlfy a problem ll lormulaLlng hypoLhesls lll CollecLlng daLa lv Analyzlng daLa v lormlng LenLaLlve concluslons vl ulssemlnaLlng flndlngs d Sampllng l SLudylng an enLlre populaLlon may be Loo cosLly and Llmeconsumlng so a sample of a smaller group wlLhln Lhe populaLlon ls selecLed 1 Sample should adequaLely represenL Lhe LargeL populaLlon ll 8andom selecLlon each person ln a populaLlon has an equal and lndependenL chance of belng chosen e lorms of uaLa CollecLlon l Self8eporLs ularles lnLervlews CuesLlonnalres ll naLurallsLlc and LaboraLory CbservaLlon 1 2 lorms naLurallsLlc observaLlon and laboraLory observaLlon a naLurallsLlc researchers look aL people ln realllfe seLLlngs b LaboraLory 8esearchers observe and record behavlor ln a conLrolled envlronmenL lll 8ehavloral and erformance Measure 1 1esLs can be meanlngful and useful only lf Lhey are boLh valld and rellable a valld 1he LesL measures Lhe ablllLles lL clalms Lo measure b 8ellable Lhe resulLs are reasonably conslsLenL from one Llme Lo anoLher l uoes noL mean Lhe LesL ls Lrue you can geL conLlnuously wrong resulLs 2 CperaLlonal ueflnlLlon a deflnlLlon sLaLed solely ln Lerms of Lhe operaLlons or procedures used Lo produce or measure a phenomenon 3 CognlLlve neurosclence llnklng our undersLandlng of cognlLlve funcLlonlng wlLh whaL happens ln Lhe braln f 8aslc 8esearch ueslgns l Case SLudles SLudy of an lndlvldual sub[ecL 1 May use behavloral or physlologlcal measures and blographlcal auLoblographlcal or documenLary maLerlals ll LLhnographlc SLudles Seek Lo descrlbe Lhe paLLern of relaLlonshlps cusLoms bellefs Lechnology arLs and LradlLlons LhaL make up a socleLy's way of llfe 1 arLlclpanL CbservaLlon a form of naLurallsLlc observaLlon ln whlch researchers llve or parLlclpaLe ln Lhe socleLles or smaller groups Lhey observe ofLen for long perlods of Llme lll CorrelaLlonal SLudles Seek Lo deLermlne wheLher a correlaLlon exlsLs beLween varlables 1 Lnables us Lo predlcL one varlable relaLlon Lo anoLher lv LxperlmenL a conLrolled procedure ln whlch Lhe experlmenLer manlpulaLes varlables Lo learn how one affecLs anoLher v Croups and varlables 1 LxperlmenLal group ConslsLs of people who are Lo be exposed Lo Lhe experlmenLal manlpulaLlon 2 ConLrol group ConslsLs of people who are slmllar Lo Lhe experlmenLal group buL do noL recelve Lhe experlmenLal LreaLmenL or may recelve a dlfferenL LreaLmenL 3 lndependenL varlable SomeLhlng whlch experlmenLer has dlrecL conLrol over 4 uependenL varlable SomeLhlng LhaL may or may noL change as a resulL of changes ln Lhe lndependenL varlable a 1he dependenL varlable depends on Lhe lndependenL varlable (1he ouLcome) vl 8andom AsslgnmenL Asslgnlng Lhe parLlclpanLs Lo groups so LhaL each person has an equal chance of belng placed ln any group 1 lf asslgnmenL ls random sample large enough dlfferences ln facLors llke age gender and eLhnlclLy wlll be evenly dlsLrlbuLed so LhaL Lhe groups lnlLlally are allke a posslble ln every respecL excepL for Lhe varlable Lo be LesLed vll LaboraLory lleld and naLural LxperlmenLs 1 lleld experlmenL ls a correlaLlonal sLudy conducLed ln an everyday seLLlng 2 LaboraLory and fleld experlmenLs dlffer ln 2 lmporLanL respecLs a uegree of conLrol exerLed by Lhe experlmenLer b 1he degree Lo whlch flndlngs can be generallzed beyond Lhe sLudy seLLlngs 3 naLural experlmenL compares people who have been accldenLally asslgned Lo separaLe groups by clrcumsLances of llfe a naLural experlmenLs are used when lL ls lmposslble Lo conducL a Lrue experlmenL due Lo pracLlcal or eLhlcal reasons b naLural experlmenLs ls a correlaLlonal sLudy because conLrolled manlpulaLlon of varlables and random asslgnmenL Lo LreaLmenL groups are noL posslble 4 LxperlmenLs have 2 advanLages over oLher research deslgns a 1hey can esLabllsh a causeandeffecL relaLlonshlp b ermlL repllcaLlon g uevelopmenLal 8esearch ueslgns l 2 mosL common research sLraLegles are CrosssecLlonal and LonglLude SLudles ll CrossSecLlonal sLudles Show slmllarlLles and dlfferences among age groups 1 eople of dlfferenL ages are assessed aL one polnL ln Llme 2 AdvanLages lnclude speed and economy a uaLa can be gaLhered qulckly from large # of people 3 urawback ls LhaL Lhey may obscure lndlvldual dlfferences by focuslng on group averages alone a Ma[or dlsadvanLage ls resulLs may be affecLed by cohorL dlfferences (Lhe dlfferlng experlences of people born aL dlfferenL Llmes) l Lx eople born before lnLerneL emerged and afLer lll LonglLudlnal sLudles reveal how people change or sLay Lhe same as Lhey grow older 1 8esearchers sLudy Lhe same person or group of people more Lhan once someLlmes years aparL 2 Cenerally more Llme consumlng and expenslve 3 1end Lo be blased LhaL parLlclpanLs who sLay wlLh Lhe sLudy Lend Lo be above average ln lnLelllgence and socloeconomlc sLaLus 4 8esulLs can be affecLed by repeaLed LesLlng (parLlclpanLs do beLLer on laLer LesLs because of famlllarlLy wlLh LesL procedures) lv SequenLlal sLudy A complex sLraLegy deslgned Lo overcome Lhe drawbacks of boLh crosssecLlonal and longlLudlnal research 1 Comblnes boLh crosssecLlonal and longlLudlnal Lechnlques 2 Ma[or drawback relaLes Lo Llme efforL and complexlLy lv LLhlcs of 8esearch a Culdellnes of Lhe Amerlcan sychologlcal AssoclaLlon (AA) l lnformed consenL ll Avoldance of uecepLlon lll Parm and loss of dlgnlLy lv rlvacy and confldenLlally v 1he rlghL Lo decllne or wlLhdraw vl 8esponslblllLy of lnvesLlgaLors Lo correcL any undeslrable effecL b 8esearchers expecLed Lo be gulded by 3 prlnclples l 8eneflcence CbllgaLlon Lo maxlmlze poLenLlal beneflLs Lo parLlclpanLs and mlnlmlze posslble harm ll 8especL 8especL Lhe ablllLles/lack of ablllLles Lhe parLlclpanLs posses lll !usLlce lncluslon of dlverse groups LogeLher wlLh senslLlvlLy Lo any speclal lmpacL Lhe research may have on Lhem